Day 6: The Power of Death Undone

An unsuspecting friend invited me to a concert that would change the way I saw everything in the Bible. And if you’ve ever heard my story, it changed my life forever.

This concert takes place during the Christmas season each year, and for the past eight years. Eight. I’ve attended in some way. In person is preferable, but last year I was desperate and watched it via livestream. Tomorrow, I will see it for the ninth time in person. GLORY! I look forward to it every single year.

It is important for you to know that while this concert takes place during Christmas, it is not a Christmas concert in the traditional sense. It is a bunch of ridiculously talented and humble singer songwriters who join together each year to sing the Behold the Lamb of God album from start to finish.

stories that I’ve heard a million times…stories that I heard as a child and read an adult…and weaves them into a seamless story about the coming of Christ.

It’s amazing. It’s beautiful, and it’s true!

Having the Bible explained in that way was like God taking me up in a hot air balloon and slowly adjusting my eyes so they began to focus on a beautiful painting. A painting filled with magnificent hues that highlighted each stroke pointing to Jesus – a painting that took 55 generations and 2,000 years to complete. A painting that tells one story across 66 books and over 31,000 verses. It’s the most beautiful painting I’ve ever seen. I fell in love with God that day.

For me, every year Christmas begins when I hear the familiar beat of the opening drums, and Andrew Peterson’s melodic voice singing…

Gather ’round ye children comeListen to the old, old storyOf the power of death undoneBy an infant born of glorySon of GodSon of Man…